Pixboom Spark | kit check
Silver dream machine With a Fujinon zoom, V-
Mount power and an Atomos monitor, the Pixboom will spark your creativity
specialist systems, like the phenomenal Phantom cameras. You could purchase a Phantom TMX 7510 kit, for example, if you have the know-how to operate it – and a cool quarter of a million to spare. Kickstart my heart Freefly has made inroads into the market with its more affordable Ember cameras, but these still cost up to £25,000∕$27,000 for the 2.5K global shutter version. The Pixboom Spark matters for all these reasons. Revealed publicly at IBC and NAB as Kickstarter-funded projects, the camera is now heading into production and appears as though it has the potential to be seriously disruptive. It attacks one of the last remaining barriers in filmmaking technology – accessible ultra high-
speed capture with a modern back-side illuminated global shutter sensor. Sadly, the price has shot up since those who backed it on Kickstarter secured one, with early-bird buyers snapping them up for £6000∕$8000, including a Pixboom Pro 2.5TB memory card. The fund raised more than £2.58m∕$3.49m, which suggests there is a pent-up need for speed. Arriving soon at dealers in the UK via Pro AV, you will be able to buy a camera body, 2.5TB memory card, lens mount and lens adapter of your choice – E, PL or EF – for £13,199∕$14,000. Additional 2.5TB cards are on sale for £2758∕$2800 and additional lens adapters will cost £575∕$600 a piece. The price tag will deliver you almost absurd specifications. The camera shoots in 4K at up to 1000fps and in 2K at up
to 1800fps using a custom Super 35 BSI global shutter sensor that has dual native ISO of 400 and 1600. Even more impressively, it’s able to sustain those speeds continuously to its SSD storage rather than relying on the short RAM-buffer bursts traditionally associated with high-speed systems. That changes everything and means the camera can be used like any compact cinema camera. Shoot, review on the LCD screen and instantly shoot again. That’s a game changer as, historically, shooting extreme slow motion has been frustrating. Most systems only record a few seconds before forcing filmmakers to wait while footage dumps from internal memory. The Spark behaves like a regular cine camera – just a ridiculously fast one.
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